Popular baby names in Alabama, 1921

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1921 were Mary for girls (2,316 babies) and James for boys (2,380). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,792 babies born in Alabama in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1921

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Voncile: 23 babies, 25.6× the national rate
Willodean: 16 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Gertha: 21 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Myrtice: 32 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Mozell: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Evie: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Era: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tressie: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gussie: 48 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Odell: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Erskine: 17 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Ocie: 16 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Earlie: 16 babies, 13× the national rate
Huey: 15 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Ottis: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Hoyt: 26 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Winford: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Travis: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Grady: 96 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cleveland: 50 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	2,316	–	1
2	Annie	957	–	36
3	Dorothy	567	↑5	2
4	Willie	514	–	74
5	Margaret	489	↓2	4
6	Mildred	488	↓1	7
7	Ruby	468	↓1	26
8	Louise	456	↑1	22
9	Ruth	433	↓2	5
10	Frances	410	↑2	9
11	Helen	397	↓1	3
12	Gladys	361	↑1	24
13	Sarah	346	↑2	54
14	Mattie	329	↓3	>100
15	Elizabeth	322	↓1	10
16	Martha	307	↑5	21
17	Lillie	294	↑1	94
18	Virginia	276	↑1	6
19	Evelyn	271	↓2	12
20	Edna	264	–	27
21	Ethel	264	↓5	32
22	Doris	251	↑13	13
23	Minnie	251	↑2	96
24	Hazel	248	↑5	34
25	Bessie	246	↓1	75
26	Alice	238	↑11	15
27	Marie	238	↑7	14
28	Lois	213	↓1	38
29	Emma	212	↓3	52
30	Jessie	206	↑1	91
31	Bertha	202	↓1	59
32	Pauline	202	↑1	37
33	Thelma	200	↑5	30
34	Clara	194	↓12	45
35	Lillian	189	↓12	19
36	Lucille	184	↓8	31
37	Carrie	180	↑7	>100
38	Ida	173	↑11	67
39	Nellie	173	↑1	80
40	Bernice	170	new	39
41	Irene	170	↓2	18
42	Julia	168	new	58
43	Catherine	167	new	23
44	Myrtle	167	↓12	73
45	Edith	166	–	33
46	Fannie	164	↓10	>100
47	Ella	158	↓4	89
48	Lula	156	↓7	>100
49	Essie	154	new	>100
50	Eva	152	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	2,380	–	4
2	William	1,466	↑1	3
3	John	1,429	↓1	1
4	Robert	1,030	–	2
5	Willie	808	–	34
6	George	626	–	6
7	Charles	548	–	5
8	Thomas	475	↑1	11
9	Henry	445	↓1	17
10	Joseph	383	–	7
11	Frank	311	↑1	9
12	Edward	301	↓1	8
13	Walter	286	↑2	15
14	Joe	283	↓1	36
15	Charlie	229	↓1	76
16	Albert	225	↑5	20
17	Arthur	225	↑2	19
18	Fred	212	↓2	33
19	Jack	211	↓2	18
20	Clarence	205	↓2	28
21	David	202	↓1	25
22	Howard	201	↑6	27
23	Samuel	191	–	44
24	Richard	189	↓2	10
25	Johnnie	165	–	>100
26	Roy	165	–	32
27	Ralph	160	↑14	23
28	Eugene	155	↑2	26
29	Paul	154	↑2	14
30	Warren	152	new	24
31	Ernest	148	↑7	38
32	Jessie	148	↓3	>100
33	Eddie	143	↓9	>100
34	Cecil	137	↓7	79
35	Raymond	137	↓3	16
36	Carl	136	↓2	30
37	Harold	136	↑5	12
38	Jesse	133	↓5	77
39	Andrew	132	↓3	51
40	Sam	126	↑7	85
41	Earl	125	↓6	31
42	Leonard	108	new	39
43	Louis	108	↓3	29
44	Jimmie	106	↓5	>100
45	Marvin	106	↑3	59
46	Clyde	105	↑3	69
47	Oscar	105	↓3	92
48	Harry	103	↓3	21
49	Herman	101	↓6	64
50	Lee	99	new	86

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